11 comments:

Thanks Colleen for taking the big step and taking the risk to share your story. I can relate. We are each unique and different but at the same time much the same. I too was lost and felt unloved ... I thought if I was skinny, I would be happy. Eating was the one thing that I could control. Thank God for my family --- esp my mother. She was by my side loving me and encouraging me ... I got thru that terribly lonely time in my life with her help and love. I pray for anyone that is struggling... feeling like we did ... I pray someone will reach out to them and help them. Because that's really all they want and need. Listen to this: you are not alone!! Thanks Collen! God bless you and your openness.

Beautiful post Colleen. Thanks for sharing your story and putting it all out there. It's so nice knowing others have fought the same battles somewhere down the road. YOu always know just how to say things.

I just wanted to say thank you for being vulnerable and yet strong enough to post these words. Our culture in the West tends to have a very unhealthy relationship with food, and some people may not even realize that they are struggling with a disorder, they just know that they are ashamed of how they react to food. Thank you again, I hope your words bring courage to more people.

thanks guys...it hasn't been easy but i knew it was necessary. i think sometimes that sharing our truth is the only way we get past our pain and help others to know it's ok to do the same. i appreciate you!!!